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A wide majority of pediatricians and family physicians acquiesce to parents who wish to delay vaccinating their children, even though the doctors feel these decisions put children at risk for…
SEATTLE — As the Ebola epidemic in West Africa wanes, physicians from Doctors Without Borders are confronting a mystery: More of their patients are surviving. They do not know why….
The bacteria, C. difficile, is typically found in hospitals, but a study out Wednesday reports a substantial number of people contracted the bug who hadn’t been in a hospital, but…
Days before he’s scheduled to leave the hospital, he’s already gone viral on social media because he was born ‘en caul.’ Silas was completely encased in his amniotic sac, said…
Doctors are getting a new way to diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome — and influential government advisers say it’s time to replace that hated name, too, to show it’s a real…
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES, Feb 11 (Reuters) – A 53-year-old California woman suffering from leukemia sued the state’s attorney general and San Francisco’s top prosecutor on Wednesday seeking the…
It’s been drilled into our heads by doctors for years that a fish-rich diet is actually good for our bodies. It’s suggested that we eat fatty fish that are also…
Samuel Forrest says he was given a choice: Abandon his newborn son, or get a divorce. It all started soon after Forrest’s son, Leo, was born in Armenia on Jan….
With more than 100 confirmed cases of measles in the United States so far this year, many of which have been linked to the Disneyland outbreak in December, the importance…
A couple is urging strangers to grant a simple birthday wish for their son who is terminally ill. Bubby Everson of Puyallup, Washington, contracted cytomegalovirus (CMV) at birth. While CMV…
Her family has been tight-lipped on the 21-year-old’s condition after her father asked the media to respect the family’s privacy. After she was discovered unresponsive in her home in Roswell,…
State Sen. Chris Eaton is planning to introduce legislation to encourage opiate treatment providers and doctors to break with an abstinence-based model and embrace evidence-based practices for treating addiction, the…
According to doctors, regular pap smears are the best way to detect cervical cancer. Alarmingly, one in three women between the ages of 25 and 29 in the United Kingdom…
A mystery illness that’s left dozens of children barely able to move has many parents on edge and doctors racing to find answers. Read the whole story at TODAY.com
Livia isn’t sick, but doctors fear she might become the 53rd person to contract measles in a recent Disneyland outbreak. Now she’s in a 28-day quarantine, because of a family…
Attorneys for the estate said they are suing for damages and said the family wants to “make certain that the many medical deficiencies that led to Joan Rivers’ death are…
For the week ending January 17, based on pneumonia and influenza mortality surveillance, the season is still above epidemic levels, as is typical during flu season. Epidemic means that the…
Once you consume them, they can move throughout your bodyyour eyes, your tissues and most commonly your brain. They leave doctors puzzled in their wake as they migrate and settle…
The former Senate majority leader broke several ribs and bones in his face and was also diagnosed with a concussion, his office said after the accident. Reid explained that he…
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state may continue to force a teenager to undergo chemotherapy treatments that could save her life. The court said that attorneys for…